Advocates of the take-make-waste system have characterized the linear economy as the optimally efficient free market. But nothing is efficient about it.
Man-made cellulosic fibers, the second biggest cellulosic fiber group after cotton, holds huge untapped potential to transform the fashion industry, according to Forum for the Future and the Textile Exchange.
From alternative fuels to advanced recycling technologies, director Emily Landsburg chats about what drives the private equity fund's investment decisions.
Also, WeWork takes meat off the menu and a dialogue with Emily Penn, the Cambridge-educated cofounder of an all-female research crew studying toxic, plastic ocean gyres.
